M Resorts v. New England Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 M RESORTS, LTD., an Idaho Case No.: 19-cv-1545-WQH-AGH Limited Partnership,
ORDER
Plaintiff, 13 v.
NEW ENGLAND LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY AKA
NEW ENGLAND VARIABLE
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
17 et al., 18 Defendants. 19 HAYES, Judge: 20 On July 8, 2019, Plaintiff M Resorts, Ltd., initiated this action by filing a Complaint 21 in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of San Diego. (ECF No. 1-2). The 22 caption of the Complaint names Defendants 1) New England Life Insurance Company 23 a.k.a. New England Variable Life Insurance Company (“New England Life”); 2) 24 Brighthouse Life Insurance Company (“Brighthouse”); and 3) MetLife Auto & Home 25 Insurance Agency, Inc. (“MetLife”). The body of the Complaint identifies a fourth 26 Defendant not named in the caption: New England Financial. (Id. ¶ 4). On August 16, 2019, 27 New England Life, Brighthouse, and MetLife (collectively, the “Removing Defendants”) 28 filed a Notice of Removal, which states that this Court has diversity jurisdiction pursuant 2 …